Car-seat.



PATBNTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

H. W. K. HALE.

CAR SEAT.

Am LIoATIoN FILED APR. 2, 1902.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Inventor Witnesses rm: NORRIS ETERs :04, wAsHmai'ou, a. c.

No. 831,063. PATENTED SEPT. .18, 1906. H. W. KFHALE. CAR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 1902.

2 SHBETS-SHEET 2.

PETERS co., WASHINGTON, 0. c4

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE; HENRY WARREN KILBURN HALE, (HELADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

ASSIGNOR TO THE HALE AND KILBURN MAN UFAOTURING COMPANY, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- VANIA.

CAR-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906;

To all whom it 77mg concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY WARREN KIL- BURN HALE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in OarSeats, of which the following is a description.

This invention relates generally to carseats, and particularly to thattype of such seats in which are employed a common pedestal or othersupport, a beam or yoke mounted thereon, and twin chairs sustained bysuch beam or yoke and movable relatively thereto.

In arranging the seating of a railway-vehicle, and particularly ofsurface cars, it is desirable that provision be made for effectingcertain changes in the direction in which the seats face. Thus undersome circumstances it is desirable that the seats shall face directlyacross the car or substantially in or parallel to the transverse axis ofsuch car. Where twin seats mounted upon a common pedestal are employed,such seats in this position lie in or parallel to the longitudinal axisof the car. While the seat-bottoms are in this position, it is sometimesfurther desirable, however, to effect a change in the direction in whichthe seats face, this being de pendent upon the direction of movement ofthe car. To meet this requirement, the seat bottoms may be so turned asthat while each pair still remains in or parallel to the longitudinalaxis of the car the backs thereof shall be moved in such manner thateach chair as a whole shall face in a direction oblique to thetransverse axis of the car when such car is proceeding in one direction,and when the direction of travel is reversed said chairs may be againturned, so as to adapt themselves to the new direction by moving throughan arc of approximately forty-five degrees of a circle. In each of thesetwo positions the chairs will face in a direction oblique to thedirection of travel of the car, and the back of one chair will lieparallel to the backs of the chairs on either side, thus greatlyconducing to the comfort and convenience of the occupants of the severalseats. Again, it is often desirable to arrange the twin seating of a cartransversely that is to say, to arrange the erable to have the inside orwindow seat' somewhat in advance of the outside or aisle seat. l/Vheresuch transverse seating is employed, provision should be made for such areversal of the chairs as will permit them to always face in thedirection in which the car is proceeding.

Under the present invention I provide a twin-seat structure capable ofany one or of all of the operations heretofore referred to, provisionbeing also made for locking such structure in any position which it mayassume. Such structure possesses numerous advantages in addition to itscapacity for a greater number of positions, among which may be mentionedthe use of positively coacting parts, which are few in number, durablein operation, and capable of ready and easy assemblage. The wear uponthese parts is but trifling, and little or no attention thereto isnecessary during the operation of the structure.

In carrying out this invention I preferably employ a common support orpedestal, which may be secured to the floor of a car. Pivot ally mountedupon such pedestal is a beam or yoke provided at its ends with bearingsto receive the pivots of twin chairs, said chairs being movable uponsaid pivots and in said bearings. In conjunction with these structuralelements of the invention I provide a reversing mechanism comprising,essentially, a pin and a V-shaped slot, one of these being carried by amember connected with the pedestal or common support and the other byeach of the chair-bottoms or an appurtenance thereof. I prefer to employa pin on either side of a reversing arm adj ustably pivoted upon thesupporting-pedestal and to coact with these pins a V-shaped slot formedeither in the under side of each of the chairbottoms or in anappurtenance thereof, such as the spider upon which such chair-bottom ismounted and to which the chair-pivot is secured. I refer to this as apreferable'construction for the reason, inter alia, that where it isemployed greater convenience is experienced inthe provision of lockingmechanism for securing the structure in any of the several positions towhich it may be moved. Since the reversing mechanism to which I havereferred coacts similarly with each of the twin chairs, it will be seenthat the move ment of the latter is interdependent, that when thelocking mechanism is released each may be operated by moving the other.

The several movements of the chair structure to which I have heretoforereferred are made possible in the present embodiment of the invention bya locking mechanism which coacts with the stationary pedestal, with thepivoted beam upon said pedestal, and with the reversing-lever alsopivotally mounted upon said pedestal. This locking mechanism is capableof the following operations and produces the following results: In oneposition it secures together the pedestal and the beam upon which theseats are mounted. Where this is done, the plane of the structurebetween the chair-pivots is unchanging; but the chairs may be readilyturned interdependently upon such pivots, this being con' trolled by alatch, which will presently be described. In this position thereversinglever pivotally mounted upon said support is free to moverelatively to said support in order to accomplish said interdependentmovement of the chairs. In another posi tion of the locking mechanismthe reversinglever is secured to the pedestal so as to be incapable ofmovement relatively thereto, while the beam, also pivotedupon saidpedestal, may be moved. In this position of the locking mechanism, whichis employed where transverse seating is used, the movement of the beameffects the reversal of the chairs, this operation, however, being alsocontrolled by the latch hereinabove referred to.

.Finally, in a third position both the chair supporting beam and thereversing-lever are secured to the pedestal, so as to be incapable ofmovement relatively thereto, whereupon and quite regardless of theoperation of such latch the various parts, including the twin chairs,are rigidly positioned relatively to each other.

The latch to which reference has hereto fore been made is preferablyarranged to co act with the slot-and-pin device of one or both of thetwin chairs heretofore described, and it may, if desired, take the formof a gravity-latch, which may be released when the movement from oneposition to another is started and which will automatically fall intooperative position when such movement has been completed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a twin chair employingmy invention. In this, as in other figures now to be referred to, thebacks and bottoms of the twin chairs are shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2is a plan view illustrating the construction as em ployed for transverseseating, one of the transverse positions being shown in full lines andthe reversed transverse position being shown in dotted lines. Fig; 3 isa plan view illustrating the construction as employed for longitudinalseating, the full lines indicating the arrangement of the parts when thecar is proceeding in one direction and the dotted lines indicating theposition of the parts when the car is proceeding in the reversedirection. Fig. 4 illustrates the position of the several parts when thetwin seat is arranged so as to face directly in or parallel to thetransverse aXis of the car, the line between the chair-pivots being thenparallel with the longitudinal axis of the car. Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 areenlarged detail views illustrating the mounting of the chair-supportingbeam and reversing-lever upon the pedestal, Fig. 5 showing also apreferred form of latch employed in connection with one or both of thechair-spiders; and Fig. 9 is a detail view, also on an enlarged scale,illustrating the latch mechanism shown partly in section in Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters denote correspondingparts, A designates a support, here shown in the form of a pedestalcommon to both chairs. This form is not essential, but is adopted forconvenience, it having been found preferable, since it is easy ofinstallation and greatly facilitates cleansing the floor of the car. Ishall hereinafter refer to this support as a pedestal, without, however,limiting myself to the form .shown and described, but meaning therebymerely a support for the construction hereinafter referred to. Securedto or formed integral with the pedestal A are pivots a and a, (bestshown in Figs. 5 and 6,) the pivot a being above the pivot a.

B designates a beam or yoke mounted upon the pivot a of the pedestal Aand in this instance about midway the ends of said beam. Each of theends of said beam is provided with a bearing 7), secured thereto orformed integral therewith, and each of these bearings receives a pivotor spindle c, secured to or formed integral with a spider C, to which achair C is secured by screws or other means. Each spider is here shownas comprising four outwardly-extending arms 0, and these arms, togetherwith the pivots c. are preferably formed integral.

D designates a reversing-lever centrally mounted upon the pivot a of thepedestal A and each end of which is provided with an upwardly-projectingpin or stud (1, said pins or studs being preferably round. Each end ofthe lever D is also provided with a tooth d,'presently to be referredto. The pins or studs d upon the reversing-lever D coact with thespiders C to effect interdependent movement of the chairs, as will benow described. I

One of the arms 0 of each of the chair-spiders is provided adjacent toits free end with a V- shaped slot E, which preferably, although notnecessarily, extends completely through said arm, the rounding apex ofthe V being inward toward the center of the spider and the two membersof the slot diverging from this point. The slot is of such dimensions asto permit one of the pins (Z to snugly fit therein, as best shown inFig. 9. In all of the positions which the structure herein described mayassume, save that illustrated in Fig. 4, a pin (Z will rest in the endof a slot E, as clearly shown in Figs. 2, 3, 5, and 9. In effecting themovement from one position to another said pin will pass inwardlythrough one member of said slot E to the apex thereof and outwardlythrough the other member, being finally brought to rest on reaching theend of the latter. This also is clearly illustratedin Figs. 2 and 3, andsince there is a V-shaped slot E upon each of the spiders C and acoacting pin or stud cl on each end of the reversingdevei D the movementof one of the chairs independently of the other will be impossible. Eachof the spider-arms carrying a slot E is also provided with a recess 0for coaction with the teeth d of the reversinglever D, as hereinafterdescribed.

Turning now to the locking mechanism for the pedestal A, the beam B, andthe reversing-lever D, a preferred form is illustrated in the drawings(in detail in Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive) and comprises a locking-rod F,provided with a thumb-piece 0r handle f. About midway its length, at f,this rod is round in cross-section and engages with acorrespondingly-shaped orifice'extending through the pedestal A at thepoint where the same, having been lessened in diameter to form the pivota, is st ll further lessened in diameter to form a pivot a, saidorifice, in other words, extending both above and below the shoul der aof the beam-pivot a. On either side of the central cylindrical portion fof the locking-rod F said rod is cut away, as at f so as to besubstantially semicircular in crosssection at these points. As will beseen, the locking-rod F may be readily turned by the thumb-piece orhandle f in the pedestal A. The upper edge of thebeam B at the center ofits pivotal point is provided with a semicircular orifice f and thelower edge of the reversing-lever at its pivotal point is provided witha correspondingly-shaped orifice fg t-hese orifices f and f being ofsuch size as to permit the coaction therewith of the cular portions 2thereof will engage with the corresponding y-shaped orifice f 3 in thebeam B, therebyfirmly and securelv locking said beam against movementrelatively to the pedestal A. In the position illustrated in Fig; 7 thelocking-rod has been exactly reversed, with the result that thereversing-lever D is locked against movement relatively to the pedestalA; but the beam B is free to move relatively to said pedestal. In Fig. 8the locking-rod has been turned to a position intermediate of the twoheretofore described, as the result of which the pedestal A, the beam B,and the reversing-lever D are immovable relatively to each other. Theoccasion for each of these operations will be further referred to in thedescription which follows of the movement of the chairs.

Owing to the positive coaction between the reversing-lever and thechair-spiders, it will be apparent that when the locking mechanism,which has just been described, is in the position illustrated in Fig. 8all the parts, including the chairs themselves, are locked againstfurther movement. When, however, such locking mechanism is in theposition shown in either Fig. 6 or Fig. 7, (when either thereversing-lever D or thebeam B is free to move relatively to thepedestal,) obviously other means additional to the locking mechanismmust be provided for securing the chairs in position. In the presentinstance this requirement is met by means of a hinged gravity-latch,carried by each chair-spider in operative relation with the slot-and-pindevice heretofore described. As here shown, this gravity-latch consistsof an arm G, pivoted at g in" an ear or ears carried by that arm of eachspider in which the V-shaped slot is formed. The free end of the arm Gis provided with a bifurcated block g, having a handle 9 Said block isof substantially the same shape as, althoughsomewhat smaller than, theV-shaped slot E, save that one end thereof terminates short of thedistant end of one of the members of said slot, leaving a space betweenthe end of the block and the end of the slot suflicient in size toreceive one of the pins (1 of the reversing-lever D. If desired, thehandle g may be duplicated on either side of the gravity-latch, althoughthis is not essential. By means of such handles the latch may be readilylifted upon its hinge g, so as to permit so much of the reversing oeration as will bring the pin (1 under the blbck g. After this has beendone the operation can be completed without reference to the latch,which during the remainder of the movement will of course beinoperative. When, however, the chairs have again been moved to returnthe pins (1 to the position illustrated in Fig. 5,the latch will fall bygravity into the V-shaped slot, thereby securing said pin (1 in the endthereof.

Turning now to the operation of the strucof the car.

ture herein described, I premise by calling attention to Fig. 4, which,as hereinbefore indicated, illustrates the chairs of a twin seat soarranged as to face directly in the latitude of a car, in other words,said chairs being side by side, their centers parallel with thelongitudinal axis of the car, and each chair facing directly across thecar rather than at an angle across the car. the structure to thisposition the beam B is moved so as to lie parallel with the longitudeThe chairs are revolved (both by means of pressure applied to one) untilthey face inthe direction stated. When they as sume this position, thebeam B, the reversinglever D, and those spider-arms which carry theV-shaped slots all lie in a single plane. At this time the orifice f ofthe reversingarm D and the orifice f 3 of the beam or yoke B are inline, and the locking-rod F being turned to the position indicated inFig. 8 the pedestal, the beam, and the reversing-arm are locked againstrelative movement. In addition to this, as the parts assume the positionillustrated in Fig. 4 the projections d on the extreme ends of thereversing-lever D entered the recesses c in those spider-arms carryingthe V-shaped slots E. The described operation of the locking-rod Ftherefore results in securely binding together all of the otherwisemovable parts of the seat structure, and this has been accomplished by asimple and quickly-performed application of the locking mechanism F. Wenext assume that although the chairs are to remain parallel with thelongitudinal axis of the car, (or substantially so,) each chair is toface in a direction other than exactly transversei. e., in a directionoblique to the direction of travel of the car. This is accomplished inthe manner illustrated in Fig. 3, the looking-rod F being turned to theposi tion illustrated in Fig. 6,.so as to retain the beam or yoke Bparallel with the longitude of the car (or substantially so) and to lockit in that position. When this has been done, the reversing-lever D isfree to move upon its pivot a. The latch G being in inoperativeposition, pressure now applied to one of the chairs will shift the sameupon its pivot, so that it shall face in the desired direction. Thismovement of one chair causes, through the operation of the reversing-armD, a corresponding movement of the other chair, so that each of the pins(1 comes to rest at the same moment in the end of its V-shaped slot E,and as it comes to rest the block g of one of the latches G, fallinginto its slot, securely locks the parts in this position. If now thedirection of travel of the car be reversed, it is only necessary torelease the operative latch and to apply pressure to one of the chairsto bring it to the desired position, when, as before, the other chairwill be simi- In bringing larly moved through the intermediation of thereversing-arm D until when the movement has been completed each of thepins a has traversed one member of its slot to the apex of the V andback to the extreme end of the other member of the V, where the partsare locked in the new position by the operation of one of the latches G.

It will be seen that I have thus described three of the 'severalpositions of which the seat of this invention is capable, all threebeing describable by the term longitudinal seating. The term transverseseating is employed where twin-seat structures, as entireties, arelocated on opposite sides of the car and arranged to assume one or twopositions oblique to the transverse axis. The use of the structure ofthis invention in such transverse seating is illustrated in Fig. 2, thewall of the car being indicated by the line at the right of that figure.Referring first to the full-line position, it will be seen that the beamB is oblique to the transverse axis of the car. To bring it to thisposition from the position illustrated in Fig. 3, it is necessary onlyto release the proper latch G and to move the structure so as to bringthe reversingarm D into parallelism with the beam B, both then lying (inthe present instance) longitudinally of the car. The locking-rod F isthen turned from the position illustrated in Fig. 6 to the positionillustrated in Fig. 7, thereby releasing the beam B for movement uponits pivot a. The latter being then swung upon such pivot to either thefull-line or dottedline position of Fig. 2, the chairs will through theagency of the reversing mechanism assume their proper position, asindicated in said figure. In this operation, the reversingarm D beingstationary, the movement of the beam B causes the pins on such arm totraverse one member of each of the V-shaped slots in the spider-arms, sothat the movement of the beam B from the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4to the position shown in Fig. 2 involves, also, as above stated, theinterdependent movement of the chairs upon their pivots, and, in theembodiment of the inventionunder discussion, this movement issimultaneousi. e., the chairs are individually turned to operativeposition while the structure is being moved as an entirety in the arc ofa circle. When the chairs assume the fullline position indicated in Fig.2, the pins having performed their entire traverse of the V- shapedslots E come to rest in the extremities of those slots, whereupon one ofthe latches G immediately drops into operative relation, thereby lockingnot only the seats themselves, but lo oking, also, the beam againstmovement relatively to the pedestal, since each of these movements isdependent upon ure referred to. The chair being in the fullline positionthus illustrated, the inside or window seat, as will be seen, issomewhat in advance of the outside or aisle seat 3 but both seats facein the direction of travel of the car..

pivot a to its dotted-line osition, Fig. 2; but.

since the reversing-lever is locked, so as to be immovable relatively tothe pedestal A, the pins upon the ends of said reversing-arm Dperform'their complete traverse of the V- shaped slots, therebyeffecting simultaneously with the shifting of the beam the complete andinterdependent reversal of each of the chairs. In other words, there isan interdependent movement of the chairs upon their pivots and amovement of the seat as an entirety (and in this instancesimultaneously) through the arc of a circle in the direction of thelarge arrow I. When the parts assume the position shown in dotted linesin Fig. 2, they are locked in such position by the engagement of one ofthe latches G with one of the V-shaped slots and the pin located in'theend thereof.

I here observe that in the particular form of locking mechanism F hereindescribed operation of this is not necessary to change of position wherethe structure is used for transverse seating only, the two positionswhereof are shown in Fig. 2. Its greatest utility is realized as part ofthe provision for using the seats either longitudinally or transverselyat will. I also observe at this point that I deem it preferable,although not essential, to arrange the V-shaped slots as illustrated inthe drawings, even though this requires a movement of the structure asan entirety in a considerable arc of a circle in effecting the changefrom one to the other of the two positions shown in Fig. 2.

What I claim is 1. In a carseat, the combination with a pedestal, of abeam movably mounted thereon, chairs sustained by said beam, mechanismintermediate of said beam and chairs for effecting interdependentmovement of said chairs and a locking device coacting with said pedestaland said mechanism, substantially as set forth.

2. In a car-seat, the combination with a pedestal, of a beam movablymounted thereon, chairs sustained by said beam, mechanism intermediateof said beam and chairs for effecting interdependent movement of saidchairs and a locking device coacting with said edestal said beam andsaid mechanism substantially as set forth.

3. In a car-seat, the combination of a pedestal, a beam pivotallymounted thereon, means for locking said beam 011 said pedestal in anyone of three positions one a definite amount less and another an equalamount greater than a right angle to the third position, chairspivotally mounted on said beam, means actuated automatically on movementof the beam from the first to the second position and vice versa forreversing thefacing direction of said chairs, and means for effectinginterdependent movement of said chairs when the beam is in the thirdposition, substantially as set forth.

4. In a car-seat, the combination of a pedestal, a beam pivotallymounted thereon, means for locking said beam on said pedestal in anyoneof three positions one a definite amount less and another an equalamount greater than a right angle to the third position, chairspivotally mounted on said beam, means actuated automatically on movementof the beam from the first to the second position and vice versa forreversing the facing direction of said chairs, means for effectinginterdependent movement of said chairs when the beam is in the thirdposition, and a locking mechanism coacting with said chairs when thebeam is in the third position, substantially as set forth.

5. In a car-seat, the combination of a pedestal, a beam pivotallymounted thereon, chairs pivotally mounted on said beam, means foreffecting interdependent movement of said chairs, means actuated by movement of said beam for turning said chairs on their pivots, and means forrendering the first-named means inoperative to permit of the operationof the second-named means and vice versa, substantially as set forth.

6. In a car-seat, the combination of a pedestal, a beam pivotallymounted thereon and capable of assuming three operative positions,chairs mounted on said beam, means actuated by movement of said beamfrom one position to a second position for automatically reversing thefacing direction of said chairs, means operative when said beam is inthe third position, for effecting interdependent movement of said chairsthrough arcs of approximately forty-five degrees independently of: saidbeam, and means for rendering the first-named means inoperative topermit of the operation of the second-named means and vice versa,substantially as set forth.

7. In a car-seat, the combination with a pedestal, of a beam andreversing-lever pivoted thereon, chairs sustained by said beam, apin-and-slot connection between said lever and each of said chairs,means for effect ng interdependent movement of said chairs independentlyof the movement of said beam, means for locking said beam to saidpedestal, and means for locking said lever to said pedestal,substantially as set forth.

8. In a car-seat, the combination with a pedestal, of a beam andreversing-lever each pivotally mounted on said pedestal, chairssustained by said pedestal, connections between said lever and saidchairs, means for effecting interdependent movement of said chairsindependently of the movement of said beam, means for locking said beamto said pedestal and means for locking said reversing-lever to saidpedestal, substantially as set forth.

9. In a car-seat, the combination with a pedestal, of a movable beam andreversing device carried thereby, chairs having supports sustained bysaid beam, connections between said reversing device and said chairs andlocking mechanism for said pedestal, said chair-sup orts and said beam,substantially as set fort 10. In a car-seat, the combination with apedestal, of a movable beam and reversing device carried thereby, chairssustained by said beam,.connections between said reversing device andsaid chairs, and a locking mechanism coacting with said pedestal andsaid reversing device, substantially as set forth.

11. In a car-seat, the combination with a pedestal, of a chair andmechanism intermediate of said pedestal and chair for operating thelatter, said mechanism including a member having an angular slot and apin coacting therewith, substantially as set forth.

12. In a car-seat, the combination with a pedestal, of a chair andmechanism intermediate of said pedestal and chair for operating thelatter, said mechanism including a memher having an angular slot, a pincoacting therewith, and a securing device for locking said pm at eitherend of said angular slot, substantially as set forth.

13. In a car-seat, the combination with a pedestal, of chairs sustainedthereby and mechanism intermediate of said pedestal and chairs foroperating the latter interdependently, including members having angularslots and pins coacting therewith, substantially as set forth.

14. In a car-seat, the combination with a pedestal, of chairs sustainedthereby and mechanism intermediate of said pedestal and chairs foroperating the latter interdependently, including members having angularslots, pins coacting therewith, and a'securing device for locking saidpin at either end of said angular slot, substantially as set forth.

15. In a carseat, the combination with a pedestal, of chairs sustainedthereby, a reversing device, and connections between the same and saidchairs, including members having V-shaped slots and pins coactingtherewith, substantially as set forth.

16. In a car-seat, the combination witha pedestal, of a beam, chairssustained thereby,

a reversing device, and connections between the same and said chairs,including members having V shaped slots and pins coacting therewith,substantially as set forth.

17. In a car-seat, the combination with a pedestal, of a pivoted beam,chairs sustained thereby, a reversing device, and connections betweenthe same and said chairs, including members having V-shaped slots andpins coacting therewith, substantially as set forth.

18. In a car-seat, the combination witha pedestal, of chairs sustainedthereby, a reversing device, and-connections between the same and saidchairs, said connections comprising pins or lugs carried by saidreversing device and coacting with V-shaped slots carried by saidchairs, substantially as set forth.

19. In a car-seat, the combination with a pedestal, of chairs sustainedthereby, a reversing device, connections between the same and saidchairs, said connections comprising pins or lugs carried by saidreversing device and coacting with V-shaped slots carried by saidchairs, and securing mechanism for said connections, substantially asset forth.

20. In a car-seat, the combination of a pedestal, a beam pivotallymounted thereon and capable of assuming one position or either of twopositions one at a definite amount less and the other an equal amount'greater than a right angle to the first-named beam, means for effectinginterdependent -movement of said chairs, means actuated by a movement ofsaid beam for turning said chairs on their pivots, means for renderingthe first-named means inoperative to permit of operation of the secondnamed means and vice versa, and means for locking said beam in any oneof said three positions, substantially as set forth.

21. In a car-seat, the combination of a pedestal, a beam and a reversingdevice pivotallymounted thereon and adapted to move one independently ofthe other, chairs pivotally mounted on said beam,mechanism con nectingeach of said chairs to said reversing device, and means for lockingeither said beam or said reversing device to said pedestal,substantially as set forth.

22. In, a car-seat, the combination of a pedestal, a beam and areversing device pivotally mounted thereon and adapted to move oneindependently of the other, chairs pivotally;mou;nted on said beam,mechanism con- 23. In a car-seat, the combination of a reversing deviceto said pedestal, substanpedestal, a beam and a reversing devicepivtially as set forth. otally mounted thereon and adapted to Thisspecification signed and witnessed move one independently of the other,chairs this 31st day of March, 1902.

pivotally mounted on said beam, mechanism HENRY WARREN KILBURN HALE,connecting each of said chairs to said revers- Witnesses: ing device,and means for locking said beam, H. E. JAMES,

said reversing device or both the beam and H. S. HALE.

